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Slovenia men's national handball team

The Slovenia national handball team represents Slovenia in international handball matches. Their biggest success is the silver medal at the 2004 European Men's Handball Championship and third place at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.

Slovenia
Information
AssociationHandball Federation
of Slovenia
CoachUroš Zorman
Assistant coachLuka Žvižej
CaptainJure Dolenec
Most capsUroš Zorman (225)[1]
Most goalsLuka Žvižej (702)[1]
Colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
1st
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances4 (First in 2000)
Best result4th (2024)
World Championship
Appearances10 (First in 1995)
Best resultBronze 3rd (2017)
European Championship
Appearances14 (First in 1994)
Best resultSilver 2nd (2004)
Last updated on 11 August 2024.
Slovenia men's national handball team
Medal record
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2004 Slovenia
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2017 France

Competitive record

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Key

  Runners-up    Third place     As host

Olympic Games

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Year Round Position GP W D L
United States  1996 Did not qualify
Australia  2000 7th/8th place 8th 8 2 1 5
Greece  2004 11th/12th place 11th 6 2 0 4
China  2008 Did not qualify
United Kingdom  2012
Brazil  2016 Quarter-finals 6th 6 4 0 2
Japan  2020 Did not qualify
France  2024 Semi-finals 4th 8 4 0 4
Total Semi-finals 4th place 28 12 1 15

World Championship

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Year Round Position GP W D L
Sweden  1993 Did not participate
Iceland  1995 Preliminary round 18th 5 1 0 4
Japan  1997 Did not qualify
Egypt  1999
France  2001 Preliminary round 17th 5 2 0 3
Portugal  2003 Second round 11th 7 3 0 4
Tunisia  2005 11th/12th place 12th 9 4 2 3
Germany  2007 9th/10th place 10th 8 3 0 5
Croatia  2009 Did not qualify
Sweden  2011
Spain  2013 Semi-finals 4th 9 7 0 2
Qatar  2015 7th/8th place 8th 9 4 0 5
France  2017 Semi-finals 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  9 6 1 2
Denmark  Germany  2019 Did not qualify
Egypt  2021 Main round 9th 6 3 2 1
Poland  Sweden  2023 Main round 10th 6 4 0 2
Croatia  Denmark  Norway  2025 Qualified
Total Semi-finals 3rd place 73 37 5 31

European Championship

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Year Round Position GP W D L
Portugal  1994 9th/10th place 10th 6 1 1 4
Spain  1996 11th/12th place 11th 6 1 0 5
Italy  1998 Did not qualify
Croatia  2000 5th/6th place 5th 6 3 0 3
Sweden  2002 11th/12th place 12th 7 0 2 5
Slovenia  2004 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  8 5 1 2
Switzerland  2006 Main round 8th 6 3 0 3
Norway  2008 Main round 10th 6 3 0 3
Austria  2010 Main round 11th 6 1 2 3
Serbia  2012 5th/6th place 6th 7 2 0 5
Denmark  2014 Did not qualify
Poland  2016 Preliminary round 14th 3 0 1 2
Croatia  2018 Main round 8th 6 2 2 2
Austria  Norway  Sweden  2020 Semi-finals 4th 9 5 0 4
Hungary  Slovakia  2022 Preliminary round 16th 3 1 0 2
Germany  2024 5th/6th place 6th 8 5 0 3
Denmark  Sweden  Norway  2026 To be determined
Total Final 2nd place 87 32 9 46

Team

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Current squad

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The following 17 players were included in the squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]

Head coach: Uroš Zorman

Caps and goals are correct as of 12 May 2024.[1]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
3 P Blaž Blagotinšek (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 30) 2.02 m 134 240 Germany  SG Flensburg-Handewitt
5 LB Nik Henigman (1995-12-04) 4 December 1995 (age 28) 1.99 m 76 105 France  Saint-Raphaël VHB
8 RW Blaž Janc (1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 27) 1.86 m 101 366 Spain  Barcelona
11 RB Jure Dolenec (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 (age 35) 1.91 m 195 686 France  Limoges Handball
17 RB Nejc Cehte (1992-09-04) 4 September 1992 (age 32) 1.96 m 70 125 North Macedonia  RK Eurofarm Pelister
19 LW Staš Slatinek Jovičić (2000-12-06) 6 December 2000 (age 23) 1.85 m 25 60 Slovenia  RD Slovan
20 LW Tilen Kodrin (1994-05-14) 14 May 1994 (age 30) 1.92 m 85 146 Germany  VfL Gummersbach
22 P Matej Gaber (1991-07-22) 22 July 1991 (age 33) 1.98 m 142 208 France  HBC Nantes
23 CB Miha Zarabec (1991-10-12) 12 October 1991 (age 33) 1.78 m 104 222 Poland  Orlen Wisła Płock
26 GK Klemen Ferlin (1989-06-26) 26 June 1989 (age 35) 1.92 m 73 2 Germany  HC Erlangen
27 P Kristjan Horžen (1999-12-08) 8 December 1999 (age 24) 1.92 m 44 64 Germany  VfL Gummersbach
44 CB Dean Bombač (1989-04-04) 4 April 1989 (age 35) 1.90 m 129 272 Hungary  ETO-SZESE Győr FKC
51 LB Borut Mačkovšek (1992-09-11) 11 September 1992 (age 32) 2.04 m 143 379 Hungary  OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
77 RW Domen Novak (1998-04-26) 26 April 1998 (age 26) 1.81 m 37 76 Germany  HSG Wetzlar
88 LB Aleks Vlah (1997-07-22) 22 July 1997 (age 27) 1.91 m 44 155 Denmark  Aalborg Håndbold
90 GK Urban Lesjak (1990-08-24) 24 August 1990 (age 34) 1.87 m 85 0 Slovenia  RK Trimo Trebnje
99 GK Urh Kastelic (1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 (age 28) 2.02 m 56 7 Germany  TBV Lemgo Lippe

Statistics

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Head coaches

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Since 1992, the Slovenian national team has been managed by a total of twelve head coaches. Tone Tiselj, Miro Požun and Slavko Ivezič are the only coaches with more than one spell.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Večna lestvica nastopov za reprezentanco" (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Znani rokometni potniki v olimpijski Pariz" (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Dosedanji selektorji – RZS – Rokometna zveza Slovenije" (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. ^ Bauman, Bojan (18 December 2019). "Ljubomir Vranješ - Šved, a naš". Večer (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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